Research guidelines in the era of large-scale collaborations: An analysis of genome-wide association study consortia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 962-969

  Austin, Melissa A ^a   Hair, Marilyn S ^a   Fullerton, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics, research; genome wide association study; molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84860629504     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr441     Document Type: Review

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